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Researchers investigated three mysterious objects in the early universe. Shown here are their color images, composited from three NIRCam filter bands onboard the James Webb Space Telescope. They are remarkably compact at red wavelengths…

NASA/FUSE/Lynette Cook An illustration depicts colliding asteroids around the central…

Enlarge / NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. In a feat of galactic…

Enlarge / A Webb composite image of Jupiter from three filters.NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt. NASA has released two more…

The veteran and the new kid on the block have teamed up to produce a spectacular image of the Phantom Galaxy.The European Space Agency released a new photo Monday capturing the heart of Messier 74, located 32 million light years away in…

Comment on this storyCommentThe James Webb Space Telescope, performing splendidly as it examines the universe, has got astronomers scratching their heads. The very distant universe looks a little different than expected.The telescope,…

A blazing gas giant shrouded in dusty red clouds has been revealed in unprecedented observations of a planet beyond our solar system.The observations, which astronomers said marked a “historic moment for astronomy”, are the first direct…

The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever seen (UNCOVER z-13 and UNCOVER z-12) have been confirmed using the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). The galaxies are located in Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744),…

A near-perfect Einstein ring from the galaxy JO418 stands out in this image created using data collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.  (Image credit: Spaceguy44) (opens in new tab)NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped…